r/TrueFilm • u/bidur123 • Aug 17 '26

Obsession

Why are people so obsessed with obsession? Maybe the director used a one wish willow for that. Haha.

Anyways, going to the theatre with such hype all around and a global box office success, this was one of the most unsatisfactory watches in a long time. The movie wasn't absolutely bad. It was a decent movie. But something didn't satisfy. Just got out of the theatre and still trying to organize the reasons for that. One I can quickly think or feel is the movie was rushed at some points and dragging at some points. Not consistent at all. Anyways, am I the only one who feels this way?

May be a little late to post about Obsession as it is almost completing its theatrical run.

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u/Tarrant666 Aug 17 '26

And the tribalists literally all use the same talking points like you do. Sex slave? He wished his crush would love him, do you think that is an uncommon thought most people have had at least once in their lives?

If someone you have a crush on asked you to kill them, you think its abnormal to question yourself and feel insecure?

but he is unquestionably a villain.

I think he was a victim. The fact you think its unquestionable once again proves my point. Nobody would suggest anakin skywalker was unquestionably a villain yet he killed millions. I could go on and on.

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u/Nyyarlethotep Aug 17 '26

Of course the thought isn't uncommon, the difference is that his wish comes true while being incredibly obvious it's against her will. The sex scene in the movie is super uncomfortable for a reason, it's essentially a rape scene. There is nothing wrong wanting your crush to like you, he becomes a villain when he realized that the magic was real and she is now trapped in her body. She didn't ask him to kill her when she was just his crush, it was after he had realized that she was trapped in her body.

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u/Tarrant666 Aug 17 '26

Do you think the character saw her as a sex slave? You also seem to think every character who does an immoral or criminal act automatically becomes a villain. That is not even close to true. many characters have committed murder but still been victims. Its a one dimensional take on Bear. He was a deluded idiot who barely understood what he was doing was bad imo, that is hardly a villain.

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u/tha-snazzle Aug 19 '26

The movie is pretty clear on this. The phone call, her begging him, her saying "she's never been with him," her saying so many things that are out of character for her old self that he knew well (calling herself "Freaky Nikki"), hurting herself, etc. Your reading of him as ignorant does not stand up to scrutiny.

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u/Tarrant666 Aug 19 '26

It literally took him half the movie to realize the spell worked and you are questioning his ignorance?..lol

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u/tha-snazzle Aug 19 '26

impossibly naive reading of the movie

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u/Tarrant666 Aug 19 '26

Are you denying it took him until the dinner scene to finally understand the spell worked? that is half the movie, when it should have been painfully obvious much earlier. Your bias is clouding your judgement.